Centra College of Nursing Overview

Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, Centra College of Nursing is a private not-for-profit institution. Lynchburg is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Centra College of Nursing Known For?

• The student loan default rate at Centra College of Nursing is 3%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The bachelor's degree is the highest award offered at Centra College of Nursing.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 53% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Centra College of Nursing bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $48,300 a year. That's about 18% more than their peers at other schools.

Centra College of Nursing Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Centra College of Nursing.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#41	Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#45	Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#78	Best Value Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#86	Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Centra College of Nursing?

Contact details for Centra College of Nursing are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	905 Lakeside Dr., Suite A, Lynchburg, VA 24501
Phone:	434-200-3070

Admission Requirements for Centra College of Nursing

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	recommended
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	neither required nor recommended
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Centra College of Nursing?

The acceptance rate at Centra College of Nursing is 82%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 22% of accepted students are men and 78% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 100%, and the acceptance rate for women is 78%.

Can I Afford Centra College of Nursing?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Centra College of Nursing, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $2,691 a year. That adds up to $10,764 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Centra College of Nursing is 2.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Centra College of Nursing Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 314 undergraduate students at Centra College of Nursing, with 42 being full-time and 272 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 42 full-time undergraduates at Centra College of Nursing, 5% are male and 95% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Centra College of Nursing students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

Online Learning at Centra College of Nursing

In 2019-2020, 13 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Centra College of Nursing has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 45th most popular in Virginia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Centra College of Nursing Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	89	0	20	109
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	0	41	0	41
TOTAL	89	41	20	150

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.